Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Regular Units and Reserves

Regular Units and Reserves

Army vehicle

Army vehicle

Air Forces

Air Forces

With 48 aircrafts, Bulgaria has roughly the same number of units than Azerbaijan, and both counties operate Soviet-era jets (mainly MiG-21s and MiG-29s). However, the serviceability and the combat readiness of the aircrafts remain unclear: the flying time for Bulgarian pilots is for instance estimated to 30 to 40 hours a year, and Bulgarian air capacities have been exhausted along 2014 with units regularly scrambling to intercept Russian jets over the Black Sea.

MiG-29

MiG-29

Navy

Navy

Bulgarian navy mainly consists of second and third rank units fitted for littoral protection and coastal patrol.